Chapter 280: Add some sand, investment report

Chapter 280: Add some sand, investment report

Chapter 280: Add some sand, return on investment

Regarding letting Yu Entai star in "The Hangover", in addition to the obvious reasons, Wang Hao actually had his own plans.

If we want to develop the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", the overseas film market is now an indispensable part.

If we want overseas audiences to accept Chinese films and the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", it is not enough to rely solely on the outstanding quality of the films. We also need to make them familiar and accustomed to Chinese films.

To achieve this goal, they must first make overseas moviegoers accustomed to seeing Chinese actors in their film and television works.

That's why Wang Hao added co-productions between the two countries to the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" and replaced the role of the daughter in "Taken" with Liu Yifei.

The purpose is to gradually promote Chinese actors to Hollywood and conduct reverse exports to the North American film and television circles.

This step is certainly difficult. After all, although the United States is known as an immigrant country and the "beacon of the world", it is still conservative and xenophobic internally.

However, difficulties do not mean that Wang Hao will just sit there and watch. As long as there is a little chance, he will still give it a try.

And isn’t this attempt not bad? At least Yu Entai has successfully joined the crew of "The Hangover". As for the future, we will have to wait and see his luck.

After successfully placing Yu Entai into a Hollywood film crew and arranging the corresponding matters, Wang Hao went to Sony Pictures and participated in the project establishment meeting for the first work of the Spider-Man Cinematic Universe.

According to the plan Wang Hao made for Sony Pictures last year, and his subsequent guidance to Sony's screenwriter team via email, the other party has successfully written several scripts.

Now all the scripts were placed in front of Wang Hao. After a few pleasantries, everyone in the conference room silently flipped through the documents in front of them, waiting for Wang Hao, the project chief planner, to give his opinions.

Facing everyone's gazes, Wang Hao didn't care at all. He continued to flip through the script very naturally, occasionally tapping the table with his fingers, thinking for a moment, and then turning the page to the next one.

In this way, time passed by minute by minute. After more than half an hour, Wang Hao closed the script with a "snap", put one of them on the top, and then knocked it.

"Okay, I'm done reading."

Wang Hao's voice broke the silence in the conference room and perked up the Sony Pictures executives who were almost drowsy.

"Let this TV series take the first step in the Spider-Man Cinematic Universe."

Wang Hao pushed forward the script on top of the pile of documents in front of him, so that everyone present could clearly see the big words on the cover.

"Hell's Kitchen"!
"Isn't it a little... bland to use this as the opening of the movie universe?"

A white executive from Sony Pictures couldn't help but ask after seeing the title of the script pushed by Wang Hao.

The other people also nodded. Before Wang Hao came, they had actually discussed these scripts. They all thought that the movie universe should start with another "Young Spider-Man". Unexpectedly, Wang Hao would choose the TV series "Hell's Kitchen".

In their opinion, this TV series is really petty.

The story of "Hell's Kitchen" is also very simple, and the timeline is around 08.

At this time, the United States was suffering from the impact of the economic crisis, with wages falling, prices rising, a large number of companies closing down and laying off employees, and people living in dire straits.

Under such circumstances, the Clinton District, located on the west coast of Manhattan Island in New York, has been experiencing a worsening situation for the lower-class workers due to the poor external economic environment, and even survival has become a problem.

However, as the old saying goes, "A hemp rope breaks at the thinnest part, and misfortune strikes the unfortunate."

A gangster boss named Wilson Grant Fisk in New York City wants to clean up his name and become a legitimate gangster.

The construction company he opened first set its sights on the dilapidated houses in the Clinton district, intending to implement New York's urban village renovation plan. It wanted to buy local houses and land at low prices, and then demolish the houses and build houses.

However, as gangsters, Wilson's men naturally would not abide by the law when carrying out their orders, and all kinds of looting, burning, violent takeovers and demolitions occurred from time to time.

The entire neighborhood became more chaotic because of this incident, and conflicts, fights, and killings frequently occurred here at night, giving this place the nickname "Hell's Kitchen".

Until this time, a blind lawyer with a sense of justice finally couldn't stand it anymore and decided to stop Wilson's criminal activities in his own way.

Yes, "Hell's Kitchen" is mainly about the story of the "Daredevil" named Matt Murdock and the New York underworld king Kingpin.

The first season of this drama is initially planned to have twelve episodes, and it mainly introduces the current social situation of New York City in the Spider-Man Cinematic Universe.

At the same time, more of the drama focuses on Kingpin, the king of the New York underworld, filling in and rendering his power, cruelty, and emotional life, turning him from a pure villain in the comics into a more three-dimensional, vivid and complex character.

For this part of the content, Wang Hao mainly referred to the characterization of Kingpin in the previous TV series "Daredevil".

In that TV series, Kingpin was also given a huge role, making him a more charming villain.

He would wear a neat white suit, stand in the gallery, quietly admire the abstract paintings in front of him, and then say that he saw loneliness in the paintings.

He would also have the idea of ​​cleansing himself up for the sake of his beloved woman.

However, this did not prevent him from quietly ordering his subordinates to carry out criminal activities behind the scenes while enjoying a candlelight dinner with his beloved woman.

Of course, it is still difficult to see Jin Bing’s personal charm based solely on the script in front of him.

However, Wang Hao had no intention of convincing the people in front of him. It was just a TV series. Considering the size of Sony Pictures, it was just a small investment.

Long before this meeting, Wang Hao had actually already discussed with the current boss of Sony Pictures, Keita Miyamoto, to shoot this TV series first. Bringing it up now is just a formality.

So after giving his general opinions, even if the white executives were not happy, the early project content of the "Spider-Man Cinematic Universe" was finalized.

It started with the TV series "Hell's Kitchen", then continued with "Young Spider-Man", and then "Daredevil", which initially outlined the chaotic society hidden under the prosperous scene of New York City, which echoed the current situation in the United States.

While giving the audience a deep sense of immersion, it also highlights the theme of "street heroes" in the early stages of the Spider-Man Cinematic Universe.

In the next two days, Wang Hao discussed the early stages of the Spider-Man Cinematic Universe with senior executives at Sony Pictures for a long time, mainly to determine the film's realistic texture and Spider-Man's youthful and energetic personality. With these major directions determined by him, it should not be a big problem to fill in the gaps with Sony Pictures' mature screenwriting system.

After completing these tasks, Wang Hao finally had the time and energy to take care of his own personal affairs.

He first took Jing Tian, ​​who had been following him for a while, to visit Hollywood, and then treated her to a French meal, which satisfied the girl's wish to travel and made her very satisfied and happy.

Then he arrived at Wall Street and began to examine the huge profits that stock manager Ogawa Kazuki had made for himself over the past six months.

In order to catch the end of this feast, Wang Hao prepared more than 20 million US dollars and bought shares of Ford Motor and Sands Group.

Nowadays, the U.S. stock market has gradually emerged from the trough. According to the report of Ogawa Kazuki, the stocks he holds have at least increased by four to five times.

In other words, the market value of the more than 20 million shares that Wang Hao holds is now close to 100 million.

And he also knows that these two stocks still have room to continue to rise in the future.

So after checking the relevant account information, Wang Hao instructed Ogawa Hehui to continue to follow these two stocks closely. After they rose to 10 times of the principal, he could sell them at a high price and then buy Apple stocks.

Ogawa Hehui didn't say much about Wang Hao's conservative operation, but just promised to complete the task.

Anyway, he was getting paid by commission. The more Wang Hao earned, the more he earned. He thought the previous income was already very good, so there was nothing wrong with being a little more cautious.

After finishing the stock matter, Wang Hao had already stayed in North America for ten days, which was longer than the date he had agreed with Lu Zheng before.

So under Lu Zheng's urging call, Wang Hao finally took Jing Tian on the plane back to Beijing again.

Perhaps it was because of the experience of traveling together, or perhaps it was because I had served as Wang Hao’s personal assistant for several days.

Jing Tian is now much more relaxed and at ease in front of Wang Hao. She is no longer as reserved as she was before. Not only does she smile happily when talking to him, she also jokes with him from time to time.

Naturally, Wang Hao would not reject the girl's closeness.

The two had a great conversation on the plane and before they knew it, they arrived in Shangjing.

When the plane landed at the airport, the star-studded boss Lu Zheng was already waiting there.

However, after receiving his little ancestor, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he extended an invitation to Wang Hao, wanting to thank him for taking care of Jing Tian during his time in the United States.

However, seeing that it was getting late and Wang Hao was exhausted after taking a long-distance flight, he politely declined.

After returning to Shangjing and taking a good rest for a day, Wang Hao took several senior executives of the company, invited a vice president of Wanda Group, the star-studded Lu Zheng, and the district leaders of TZ District to inspect the project site of [Galaxy Film Metropolis].

This construction site, located near the Beijing-Harbin Expressway, started construction in March this year. With the strength of China's infrastructure maniac, the pile foundation construction has been basically completed on site in four months, and it has successfully passed the expert review.

The basic steel structure frames of several large studios designed in the factory have been built and are surrounded by scaffolding and green curtains. According to the on-site construction unit, the studios will be officially capped and completed in mid-August and will definitely be delivered for use within the planned date.

Wang Hao was very satisfied with this. He walked around the site wearing a white safety helmet and reminded the construction unit to pay attention to safety and quality while working overtime to speed up the completion.

After visiting the construction site, everyone held a meeting in the conference hall of the Tongzhou government. On the one hand, they reported on the current situation of the [Galaxy Cinema Metropolis] project, and on the other hand, they discussed the follow-up matters of the project.

According to Wang Hao, he went to Hollywood some time ago and successfully persuaded Sony Pictures that next year they will move part of the filming and production of the new movie "Young Spider-Man" to Galaxy Studios.

In addition, his new movie "Wolf Warrior" will officially start shooting next month, and will also use the 5000-square-meter studio in the Film City for the first time.

As for the future, with the help of the relationship between Huaying and Huayi, the business of the Galaxy Film City Production Industrial Park should be worry-free.

However, after the completion of the first phase of the industrial park project, he does not plan to build the second phase of the industrial park for the time being.

"Director Wang, I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate."

After hearing what Wang Hao said, the leaders of TZ District immediately raised their objections.

"That's not what you said when you signed the contract. The land near the industrial park is still reserved for you!"

It's no wonder that he lost control a little. Originally, the Galaxy Movie Metropolis project was just a backup for Universal Studios. However, over the past six months, people from the TZ District and Shangjing Municipal Government have reported the matter of Universal Studios to their higher authorities several times, but they have not relented.

This made the local government feel that the Universal Studios project was likely to fail.

In this way, the spare tire [Xinghe Movie City] has the possibility of becoming the regular one at any time. If Wang Hao and others say they don’t want to do it anymore at this time, they will be in trouble.

Fortunately, Wang Hao just had his own plans, but he didn't want to give up [Xinghe Movie City].

"Boss, please don't be anxious. If I really didn't want to run this project well, why would I fly all the way to Hollywood to bring the "Young Spider-Man" project over here?"

Wang Hao looked at the district leader who looked a little anxious, and quickly said in a gentle voice:

“It’s just that my initial estimate of the development of the entire industrial park still had some problems. Now, the several studios in the first phase of the project have been initially used.

Instead, the supporting facilities in and around the industrial park, such as hotels, guesthouses, police stations, and medical clinics, need to be built first, so as to better serve the crews that come to our industrial park to shoot and produce. "

Having said this, Wang Hao paused, and then said in a slightly embarrassed tone:

“And I also have a little selfish motive. As our Galaxy Group continues to grow in size, the original office space is no longer sufficient.

So I thought about buying a piece of land near the industrial park and building our company’s building.

By then, our company and the industrial park can progress and develop together.”

(End of this chapter)